| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| n/a |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 12:02:13
my son's corn snake has just died and we can see no reason for it nothing in the habitat had changed it had been feeding ok and had been given fresh water about 3 hours before and was moving about at the time as normal what did i do wrong he is due home from Spain tomorrow and I dont know what to tell him it was about 8 months old he had had it for about 3 the other corns my daughters have ( all in their own vivs ) are about 3 1/3 years old and absolutely fine ........... they had same water so have counted that out as a reason any help would be good
thanks
Babs |
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| Kellog |
Posted - 15/08/2009 : 21:47:20
I know its going to be hard telling your son but unfortunately it is also part of life, which he will grow to understand. My kids have seen one of our dogs dying and then came and sad goodbye afterwards, think it really helped them deal with their grief. Its hard not knowing why though. xxx |
| muffin |
Posted - 15/08/2009 : 21:39:06
Sorry to hear ya lost ya little guy :( hope ya can find out what went wrong. |
| n/a |
Posted - 15/08/2009 : 20:57:11
agree with the above, the only way you will find out is a post mortem..
but for what its worth a lot of corns die in there first year for what seems like no reason..
they can have many internal things go wrong, but one of the most common causes of death in young corns is an enlarged heart...
RIP little one and so sorry for your loss 
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| eeji |
Posted - 15/08/2009 : 16:31:15
sorry to hear the little fella didn't make it :(
If you want a definate answer to what happened, contact your reptile vets to arrange for a post mortem. If you do this, don't freeze the snake because they won't be able to do anything. |
| hillzi |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 21:32:46
So sorry. |
| SexyBear77 |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 20:12:40
so sorry for you, but just be honest with your son and reassure him that there are people out there who will do their best to find out what went wrong. x |
| HannahB |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 18:03:07
sorry to hear about your snake
rip lil snakey |
| n/a |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 17:43:24
Really sorry to hear that, hope you can find some answers as to why, but you may not. |
| Remmy |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 17:04:55
Sorry for your loss. As Brookestar said a pic of your set up might help us.  |
| hiper2009 |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 16:45:21
Omg sorry to hear that you lost a loved one he was just not a snake he was family  |
| Stumpy |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 16:28:21
That is really sad. |
| n/a |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 16:25:58
sorry to here your loss hope ya find the reason why |
| Brookestar |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 16:08:26
pictures of the set up may help. as well as infomation about size weight and viv set up.
im sure with the infomation we could help you out.
for telling your son theres nothing you can say. it was an accident and some snakes just dont have a long life. some members have had snakes die after a few months for "no reason" aswell but as you probably know yourself there is always a reason. |
| matty18714 |
Posted - 14/08/2009 : 12:05:29
Sorry to hear that
If you can describe the set-up we can hopefuly give you a reason. We need to know whats the snake being kept in, whats it being heated by etc.
Are all the snakes kept the same way? |
